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Rank |
City |
Country |
Population Source: United Nations |
Area Source: United Nations |
Density |
150m+ |
200m+ |
300m+ |
1 |
7,234,800 |
1,104 M km² 426 M mi² |
6,553 people per km² 16,973 people per mi² |
482 |
84 |
6 |
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2 |
3,538,275 |
412 M km² 159 M mi² |
8,588 people per km² 22,243 people per mi² |
297 |
104 |
14 |
||
3 |
8,405,837 |
469 M km² 181 M mi² |
17,923 people per km² 46,420 people per mi² |
290 |
86 |
14 |
||
4 |
2,213,845 |
4,114 M km² 1,588 M mi² |
538 people per km² 1,394 people per mi² |
215 |
101 |
27 |
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5 |
24,150,000 |
6,341 M km² 2,448 M mi² |
3,809 people per km² 9,864 people per mi² |
166 |
58 |
5 |
||
6 |
13,185,502 |
2,188 M km² 845 M mi² |
6,026 people per km² 15,608 people per mi² |
160 |
30 |
0 |
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7 |
2,718,782 |
590 M km² 228 M mi² |
4,608 people per km² 11,935 people per mi² |
130 |
34 |
7 |
||
8 |
7,457,589 |
5,473 M km² 2,113 M mi² |
1,363 people per km² 3,529 people per mi² |
127 |
47 |
4 |
||
9 |
11,070,654 |
3,843 M km² 1,484 M mi² |
2,881 people per km² 7,461 people per mi² |
121 |
38 |
10 |
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10 |
— |
— |
— |
101 |
37 |
4 |
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11 |
— |
— |
— |
94 |
28 |
2 |
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12 |
5,399,200 |
716 M km² 276 M mi² |
7,541 people per km² 19,531 people per mi² |
94 |
33 |
0 |
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13 |
8,280,925 |
1,569 M km² 606 M mi² |
5,278 people per km² 13,670 people per mi² |
92 |
21 |
3 |
||
14 |
9,588,198 |
7,642 M km² 2,951 M mi² |
1,255 people per km² 3,250 people per mi² |
91 |
40 |
0 |
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15 |
1,627,172 |
243 M km² 94 M mi² |
6,696 people per km² 17,343 people per mi² |
84 |
40 |
5 |
||
16 |
7,677,100 |
2,129 M km² 822 M mi² |
3,606 people per km² 9,339 people per mi² |
82 |
20 |
0 |
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17 |
10,140,000 |
605 M km² 234 M mi² |
16,760 people per km² 43,409 people per mi² |
82 |
20 |
2 |
||
18 |
2,615,060 |
630 M km² 243 M mi² |
4,151 people per km² 10,751 people per mi² |
68 |
23 |
0 |
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19 |
3,590,101 |
767 M km² 296 M mi² |
4,681 people per km² 12,123 people per mi² |
62 |
21 |
4 |
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20 |
8,161,800 |
6,598 M km² 2,547 M mi² |
1,237 people per km² 3,204 people per mi² |
60 |
29 |
6 |
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21 |
4,246,345 |
9,990 M km² 3,857 M mi² |
425 people per km² 1,101 people per mi² |
55 |
17 |
1 |
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22 |
— |
— |
— |
55 |
28 |
5 |
||
23 |
13,830,884 |
603 M km² 233 M mi² |
22,937 people per km² 59,406 people per mi² |
55 |
15 |
0 |
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24 |
— |
— |
— |
54 |
26 |
3 |
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25 |
880,691 |
275 M km² 106 M mi² |
3,203 people per km² 8,295 people per mi² |
54 |
23 |
0 |
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26 |
419,777 |
143 M km² 55 M mi² |
2,936 people per km² 7,603 people per mi² |
54 |
7 |
0 |
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27 |
7,044,118 |
11,819 M km² 4,563 M mi² |
596 people per km² 1,544 people per mi² |
49 |
25 |
5 |
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28 |
— |
— |
— |
47 |
8 |
0 |
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29 |
476,719 |
22 M km² 8 M mi² |
21,669 people per km² 56,123 people per mi² |
45 |
16 |
0 |
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30 |
— |
— |
— |
45 |
17 |
6 |
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31 |
20,693,000 |
1,368 M km² 528 M mi² |
15,126 people per km² 39,178 people per mi² |
43 |
18 |
2 |
||
32 |
2,666,371 |
223 M km² 86 M mi² |
11,957 people per km² 30,968 people per mi² |
43 |
5 |
1 |
||
33 |
— |
— |
— |
41 |
22 |
2 |
||
34 |
— |
— |
— |
40 |
8 |
1 |
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35 |
— |
— |
— |
39 |
14 |
0 |
||
36 |
2,195,914 |
628 M km² 242 M mi² |
3,497 people per km² 9,056 people per mi² |
39 |
15 |
2 |
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37 |
— |
— |
— |
38 |
23 |
4 |
||
38 |
4,627,345 |
12,145 M km² 4,689 M mi² |
381 people per km² 987 people per mi² |
37 |
10 |
0 |
||
39 |
— |
— |
— |
36 |
22 |
1 |
||
40 |
591,900 |
30 M km² 12 M mi² |
19,730 people per km² 51,101 people per mi² |
32 |
2 |
0 |
||
41 |
— |
— |
— |
31 |
19 |
2 |
||
42 |
— |
— |
— |
29 |
16 |
2 |
||
43 |
— |
— |
— |
29 |
14 |
0 |
||
44 |
— |
— |
— |
28 |
7 |
2 |
||
45 |
— |
— |
— |
27 |
8 |
2 |
||
46 |
— |
— |
— |
27 |
12 |
2 |
||
47 |
825,111 |
232 M km² 90 M mi² |
3,557 people per km² 9,211 people per mi² |
26 |
5 |
1 |
||
48 |
— |
— |
— |
25 |
9 |
1 |
||
49 |
— |
— |
— |
24 |
5 |
0 |
||
50 |
— |
— |
— |
23 |
8 |
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